I would only get combofix from bleepingcomputer.com. The author of combofix, sUBs, does not have a stand alone website. Here is a quote from a post on bleeping's forums:

"www.combofix. whatever are sham sites. Subs does not host a stand-alone website for Combofix. Let alone an unsupervised one without the proper disclaimers and instructions."

Also, add unhide.exe to your list, also available from bleeping. If after you remove a virus, the virus has changed the permissions on and registry enties on your data so you can't see it, this will "unhide" it.

I would only get combofix from bleepingcomputer.com, there are a few other malware removal sites, but I always remember this one. The author of combofix, sUBs, does not have a stand alone website or domain. Here is a quote from post on bleeping:

"www.combofix. whatever are sham sites Subs does not host a stand-alone website for Combofix. Let alone an unsupervised one without the proper disclaimers and instructions."

I would also add unhide.exe. Also available at bleeping. After you remove a virus, sometimes they hide your data via permissions and registry changes. This will fix that issue.

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